Lath fastener



BATES LATH FASTENER May 1931.

Filed Oct. 11, 1926 llll Patented May 19,1931 7 a 'i l i un tes staresharem OFFICE A,

ALBERT J. BATES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOISfASSIG-NOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,TO BATES EXPANDED STEEL CDRPOR-ATION, OF-EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA, ACORPORA- TION OF DELAWARE LATH ras'rnrrnn Application filed October 11,1926.; Serial No. 140,705. w

The invention, relates to devices for fastenthe transverse portion anddraw the'hook ing lath in place and more particularly to which hasbeen'last insertedtoward'the hoolr devices which are adapted to securethe lath engaging the beam until both hooks are inter to metal beams,joists or studs. locked with the beam flange, and also tight- The objectof the invention is to provide a ens the portion of the fastener-betweenthe F13 simple and efficient device which can be prohooks so it willforce the lath tightly against duced at a low cost and which may bequickly the face of the beam flange. l v inserted through the lath andtightened to The strip of metal used in the fastener is secure it inplace. preferably of sufiicient softness or ductility w The inventionconsists in the several novel to permit the bending desired. If,however, (19

features hereinafter set forth and more parit is desirable that the hookportions and the ticularly defined by the claims at the concludraw-portions 0 should besufiiciently hard to sion hereof. prevent themfrom yielding under the tension In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspectiveappliedin securing thelath in place,'the fas 35 showing a strip ofmetallic lath and a pluraltenors are formed from hard metal stock havityof the improved attaching devices. Fig. 2 ing suflicient strength andhardness to prevent is a transverse section, showing one of the bendingof the hook ends 0 and c by hand fasteners before it has been tightenedto se-. power applied through the medium of the cure the lath to a beam.Fig. 8 is a similar wrench d. Then, the central portion 0 of the View,showing the fastener after it has been fastener is annealed and softenedso that the 70 i'nanipulated to secure the lath to a beam. hand powerapplied to the Wrench cl will bend Fig. i is an inverted plan view ofthe fasit easily and draw the hooks together. toner. Fig.5isasideelevation. Fig.6shows The invention exemplifies a fastener for sectionsofdiiferent strips of metal which attachii'ig metallic lath to metalsupports may be used in forming the fasteners. which can be formed of'asingle strip of metal 7 The invention is exemplified in a fastener andwhich can be readily and quickly-applied which is adapted .primarilytosecure an e:;- to secure the lath. While preferably the faspanded metallath A to a flanged metal joist toner is formed of round wire,-strips ofthe B. The fastener is preferably formed of a cross-sectional shapesshown in F ig. 6 may be single strip 0 of round wire, which is norused.I 80 mally bent to form a central transverse por- The invention is notto be'understood as tion 0', outwardly'extending oblique portionsrestricted tothe details set forth, since these 0 and substantiallyaligned end-portions 0* may be modified within the scope of the apterminating in hooks 0 The hooks are bent pended claims, Withoutdeparting from the to extend toward each other, and normally spirit andscope of the invention. the points of the hooks are spaced apart sufli-Having thus described the invention, what ciently to permit the hooks tohe slipped over I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters the edgesof the beam flange and the connect- Patent, is: r m ing portions toextend across the face of the 1. A fastener for securing lath to metalflange and the strands of the lath which lap supports comprising asingle strip of metal the beam. In placing the fastener inposiprovided'with hooks at its ends to clasp a tion, one hook isfirstextended through the support-between them, and a connecting porvlath and around one edge of the beam, and tion to lap and hold the lath,for drawing the w the other hook may then be pushed through hookstogether to interlock the support, havone of the meshes of the lath andclear of the ing end and central portions of relatively beam, as shownin Fig. 2. After the fastener hard and soft metal to retard andfacilitate has been thus placed in position, a suitable bendingrespectively.-. I key or wrench d with a cross-slot d in its end 2. Afastener for securing a lath; to a r will bev applied to the transverseportion 0 flanged beam, formed from a single strip of and then rotated.This operation will bend -metal and consisting of a pair off-oppositelyfacing hook-members adapted to extend through the lath, and anintermediate connecting member for bearing against the lath, saidconnecting member being normally of such length that the hook-membersmay be manipulated without fleXure to straddle the beam-flange and beingsufficiently pliable to permit the central portion thereof to be bent ortwisted relatively to the end portions in order to bring said endportions towards each other and thereby cause the hook members to bedrawn into interlocking relation with said flange.

3. A fastener for securing a lath to a flanged beam, formed from asingle strip of metal and consisting of a pair of oppositely facinghook-members adapted to extend through the lath, and an intermediateconnecting member for bearing against the lath, said connecting memberbeing normally of such length that the hook-members may be shiftedwithout flexure to straddle the beam flange and having a straight andtransverse central portion adapted to fit in a kerf or slot in a turningtool and sufficiently pliable to v be bent by the tool relatively to theend portions of the connecting member in order to bring said endportions towards each other and thereby cause the hook-members to bedrawn into interlocking relation with said flange.

4. A fastener for securing a lath to a flanged beam, formed from asingle strip of metal and consisting of a pair of oppositely facinghook-members adapted to extend through the lath, and be positionedadjacent the beam-flange, and an intermediate conue rting member forbearing against the lath, said connecting member being pliable andcomprising a pair of longitudinally aligned end portions connected tothe hook-members respectively, a central portion extending nortendthrough the lath and be positioned adjacent the beam-flange, and anintermediate member adapted to bear against the lath and having the endsthereof formed integrally with the hook-members, the central portion ofsaid intermediate member being formed of soft metal and being readilybendable to draw the hook-members towards each other and interlock themwith said flange.

6. A fastener for securing a lath to a flanged beam, consisting ofa pairof oppo-

